The Cubit

A cubit is like a span. It uses a part of your body, and it allows people to measure things. But a cubit is the length from the distance from the tip of your middle finger to your elbow. The cubit was the standard measuring unit for some ancient civilizations like Egypt.

A Span

What you see right now is an ordinary hand. This hand though actually is like a "ruler" for some ancient civilizations. The distance from your thumb to your pinky is called a span. Many people in ancient times would use this along with a cubit to measure things. But the problem with this system was that people have different size hands and arms, so there were different measurements for each person.

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Links to Websites about Ancient Measurements

Here are some websites to help you understand more about ancient measurments.

http://www.iofm.net/community/kidscorner/maths/origin.htm

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac07


http://www.smithlifescience.com/AncientMeasurements.htm